Automatic passenger-fare-registering mechanism.



H. SAVAGE & W. BAKER.

AUTOMATIC PASSENGER FARE REGISTERING MEGHANISM. APPLICATION mum JUNE 10, 1913.

1,109,790. Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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Witnesses M Inventors Attorneys H. SAVAGE & W. L. BAKER.

AUTOMATIC PASSENGER FARBREGISTERING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNBIO, 1913.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1913.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914,

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' passenger enters the scribed and claimed,

'UNlTED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

' HARRY SAVAGE Ann WILLARD LYMAN'IBAKER, or SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

. To all whom it may cmi'cem:

Be it known that we, HARRY SAVAGE and WViLLARi) LYMAN BAKER, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing at San Antonio, in

senger Fare Registering Mechanism, of which the following is dSPQClfiCatlOIl.

The present invention relates to improve-- ments in an automatic fare registering mechanism which is especially adapted for use in connection with rapid transit cars or the like, one object of the invention, being the provisionofmeans actuated due to the stepping thereupon of apassenger that will operate thefarelregister in the car or vehicle, there being novel means provided by means of which an electro magnet is operated to operate the register and recorder, in conso nance with the depression of' the step as the A further object of the inventionis the provision of a novel mechanism for operably connecting the fixed step member, which is disposed in an electric circuit either independently of the propulsion circuit or in shunttherewith, and which operates a solenoid oranelectro magnet which in turn is operably connected to the register and recorder.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear asthe-description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter deit being understood thatchanges in the precise embodiment of the invention hereindisclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is an end view ofa carwith portions thereof in section and broken away, illustrating one method of applying the pres'entapparatus thereto. Fig. 2 is one method in diagram of the application of the present invention and in which the propulsion current is controlled to operate thepresent device. Fig. 3 is a view partially in diagram and partially in section of the main members of the present mechanism. Fig. ,4 is a top plan view of the portion carried by the step of the car and the switch. Fig. 5 is a section through the resilient step and the fixed member thereof, showing the switch controlling lever upon an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a section taken Specification of Letters Patent.

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' QAUTOMATIC rAssnNenn-riinn-nncis'rnninc MECHANISM.

PatentedSept. s, 1914.

Application filed June 10, 1913'. Serial No. 772,867.

,on line 6-6 of Fig. 4 showing the switch on an enlarged scale. Fig. 7 is a section taken vonline 7-7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is section taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 6. Figs. 9 and 10- are diagrams and sectional viewsshowing a "modified form of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates one of the-beams of the car to which is properly connected the hangers 2, the fixed step section 3 being pivotally con nected thereto so that' the same may be placed into extended or collapsedposition, thepresent invention being especially adapted to be appliedto the folding car step nowin use. The two step sections 4 and 5 are hingedly connected together at one end, so that the upper section 5 will be resiliently supported and-normally held in upward po-- sition, by means of the cone-shaped helical limit the upward movement of the section 5.

The leveractuating pin 6 is carried by the section 5 and projects downwardly to engage the switch operating lever 7 which is pivoted at 8 and supported by the hangers 2, the

same being operatively-connected to the respective links 9 and 9" which are extended beneath the rear platform of the car, the same being limited in its rearward move ment by means of the pin 10 carriedby the rear end of the lever 7 The extreme inner end of the link 9 is operably connected to the crank 11 which is keyed upon the transversely mounted shaft 12 carried in the switch block or casing 13.

The shaft 12 within the casing 13 is provided with the cylindrical portion 1 1 having the two upstanding projections 15, the outer portion of which is curved concentrically to the cylindrical portion 1a and forms a movable contact of an operating electrical circuit as will presently appear. Disposed removably in the cover of the casing, are the two metal sleeves 16, the casing 13 being composed of insulating materialfso that the shaft 12 will be properly insulated there from, and said casing being filled with oil, so that the shaft 12 and its carried parts will be properly lubricated at all times. These socketedmembers 16 each carry the stud 17, provided with the contact face 18, this face 18 being disposed in line to be engaged at the propel-time by means of the projection 15 of the cylindrical portion 1 1 of the shaft 12. tact portion 18 resiliently toward the ret, the plate 5 being provided tov A spring 19 holds the con automatically returning the shaft 12 and opening the switch members. 15, and for maintaining the same in the normal position with the parts as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a spool 21 is keyed upon the shaft 12 within the casing 13, and has one terminal of the spring 22 connected thereto, while the outer terminal of the spring is connected to the screw eye 23, and in such a position, that the normal tension of the spring is against the inward movement of the crank or arm 11 when the lever 7 is depressed due to the depressionof the section 5 of the step. Thisdepression will cause the outer end of the lever 7 to be depressed, while the pin 10 will .be elevated to engage the link 9, and thus pull upon the link 9 and move the arm or crank 11 forwardly or to the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 3. This action causes-the switch projections 15; carried by the shaft 12 to engage the resilient contacts 18 and thus close the circuit to operate the register B. This circuit may be established by a battery circuit within the car, or where the car is electrically operated, may be shunted with the propulsion current similar to the lighting and heating circuits of the car. 1

In .Fig. 2, is illustrated a diagram, in which the propulsion current is employed, and in the present instance, the main fuse 24 which is connected to the propulsion current as it enters the car, has'led therefrom the conductor 25, said conductor 25 being connected to the resistance 26, which when the present inventionis used with the propulsion current, will reduce the voltage from 500 to 110 volts,'so that such current led through the conductor 27 to the solenoid 28, will not cause-the'burning out of the solenoid. The conductor 38 is led from the solenoid to the contacts 18, the circuit being completed through the contacts 18, the projections 15, the shaft 12, the conductor 40 and the ground 41. The solenoid 28 as clearly shown in detail in Fig. 3, is provided with the core 29, which is normally held extended by means of the spring 30. The link 31 is connected to the core and to the lever 32, which is pivoted at 33 inter mediate of its ends and is carried by'the support 34, which maybe positioned anywhere within the car so that the link 35 tion 5 of the step, and close the circuit 88 18 and the solenoid 28 by means of the conconnected to the opposite end of the lever 32 may be operably connected, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, to the arm 36 of the register R. It will thus beseen that when the core 29 is moved inwardly due to the energization of the solenoid 28, that the registering mech; anism will be operated. This operation will,- as before described, be coincident with the depression of the resiliently supported secbefore mentioned, to energize the solenoid 28, or will close the circuit as clearly shown in diagram in Fig. 3, where the resistance 26', is interposed between the switch point ductors 38 and 38". It is apparent that any practical wiring may be used in connection with the switc operated bythe section 5 and the solenoid '28, it being essential that when the Section .5 is depressed, that the circuit for operating the register R will be energized and as soon as the same has been released, that the.

step will be automatically returned to release the lever 7, while the spring 22 will assist in opening. the switch by-operating the shaft 12.

In the form of operating mechanism shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the lever 7 is provided with the pin 10, the short link42 being connected to the lever 7' and displacing the link 9 heretofore described, while a similar short link 43 is operabl connected to the link 42 and is connec to a lever 44, said lever 44 being pivoted intermediate of its ends to the lugs 45, of the bracket 46 supported from the beam 1 of the car. Connected to the upper free end of the lever 44 is a socketed member 47, which receivesthe pin 48 which, as clearly shown, is operably connected to the lever 11', which is similar to the lever 11 for operating the switch device mounted in the casing 13.

In the instances shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the switch 13 is operated against the spring 22 and in an opposite direction to that shown in Fig. 8, and heretofore described, the lever or crank 11 being pushed upon, instead of pulled, at the time the section 5 is depressed. In Fig. 10, the lever 7 and the step sections are shown folded, the sliding connection between the members 47 and 48 permitting this movement without affecting the switch.

By means of the adjustable connection at 45 and 46, the lever 44 may be applied to any platform of the present construction of car, without to any extent altering the present device or the car frame.

\Vhat is claimed is:

1. A fare registering mechanism, having a step hanger, a hinge carried thereby, a step section connected by said hin ing element to the hanger, a lever pivote to said hinging element, and means for connecting the lever to the step hanger, whereby when the step section is folded the lever is moved therewith, and also by means of which the lever may be operated when the step section is extended.

2. A fare registering mechanism, having a step hanger, a hinge carried thereby, a step section connected by said hinging element to the hanger, a main lever pivoted intermediate of its ends to the hinge and having one terminal disposed substantially parallel to the step section, means connecting such terminal for swinging movement with the step section, a pin carried by the other terminal of the main lever, an aux iliary lever having one end pivoted to the main lever between the hinge and the pin,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures m the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY SAVAGE. WILLARD LYMAN BAKER.

lVitnesses:

JOSEPH RYAN, J. H. ARs'rEIN.

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Washington, I). C. 

